「貴象」位於台北市中山北路老牌國賓飯店後方街廓，北向面臨傳統七米巷道，南向面對中安公園，基地周邊大多為六零、七零年代商住混合之建築物，充滿了老台北中山北路條通的氣味。

面對這樣的環境涵構，第一個想像的是新的建築如何融入如此親密的都市紋理中及塑造一條回家的路徑：一條可以延續著週邊巷弄感的路徑。像是出了電梯還可以看到前方的公園和感覺得到隔壁鄰居活動的空間，彷若是一條飄浮在空中的巷弄。

因此在整體的配置上很刻意的創造了二個面向的主入口，串聯六十五巷及中安公園，並垂直化的與回家的路徑做視覺上和空間上的連接。

在量體上透過兩向的大開口讓虛空間貫穿建築物與城市連接，並在量體的上方打開一個向上的中庭花園及天窗，讓自然的天光可以進到建築物內部，除了取得自然通風的效果外，更希望創造一個多孔隙的空間環境。

在平面上以六百三十公分左右做為基本的空間單元模矩，在立面上的分割亦同，利用單元模矩重新整理建築之量體組成。

「貴象」希望突破原有房地產制式且侷促的公共空間邏輯，企圖利用「回家路徑」重新演譯，讓建築與城市環境對話、融入，成為城市的一部份！

“The Great Shine” is located on an urban block behind The Ambassador Hotel along Zhongshan North Road in Taipei. It borders traditional alley in seven meters width and faces south onto Zhong-an Park. The neighborhood consists mainly of two to five story residential buildings with mixed use commercial developments from the 1960s-1970s, evoking memories of an ‘old’ Taipei.

In response to such a friendly urban fabric, we first imagine a new building that is akin to creating a path home, a path that extends from the narrow lanes of the surrounding neighborhood. This path would resemble an alley floating above the city. As we step out of the elevator of our new building, we are confronted with the view of the park below and the activity space of neighbors. Hence in the overall planning, we created a double entrance to link Lane 65 and Zhong-an Park as well as vertically connect the pathway home visually and spatially. Skylight opens up at the top of the building providing natural lighting and ventilation for the interior spaces, forming a porous-like spatial environment. A 660cm dimension is used as the basic module for the entire design. From floor planning to the division of the façade, this module is used as a unifying element.

“The Great Shine” intends to challenge the simplistic spatial logic and planning of public spaces in current property market. By proposing a concept of a ‘pathway home’ as a mediator between the building and the urban environment, the public corridors are once again integrated into part of the city!